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15 Subscriber Reviews of S & A Resource Report
Review by Dave Mason, February 7, 2009
I have been subscribing for 8 months. I bought two of his gold stock picks. One tanked and I am up 50% on the other, Matt’s picks are commodities. Price is 50 bucks. Best pick was Royal gold.
Review by spreadtrader, February 13, 2009
Subscribed from 1/08-4/08. Within a few months of finding the Gumshoe (2/08) I figured out that all “for fee” newsletter writers are entertainers, not traders. In July and August last year, AFTER cancelling my S&A Oil Report subscription, I posted a number of short trade ideas involving natural resource stocks through the Gumshoe forum. Some of the trades included selling UNG, FSYS, MCF and others. All were winners. I’d love to hear what S&A Oil Report was telling subscribers to do at that time. My point is, if you learn to trade you don’t need newsletter writers to mislead you into thinking that they know how to pick good and timely investments, because the fact is, they can’t.
Review by traderbob, April 8, 2009
I am a trader, and I use advisories to prompt me on short-term plays with holding times ranging from hours to weeks. However in downward trending markets such as has been experienced with commodities and extraction stocks (oil, gas, fertilizers, metals etc) I have found it pays to be conservative by choosing companies in good financial position and with favorable growth prospects as my long trading vehicles. I traded high-dividend Canadian energy trusts using Roger Conrad’s recommendations for several years, but found his recommendations unsuitable for short-term trades as were Badiali’s. The S&A Oil Report is a misnomer — it is really a commodity report. The current issue prompts trades on oil service companies which appear to me to be timely and potentially highly profitable. His precious metal recommendations have also been excellent.
Review by traderbob, April 17, 2009
Nine days ago I reviewed Matt Badiali’s S&A Oil Report, and predicted that his current issue’s oil service recommendations would do well. They did: As of today’s close, the three recommendations are up 39.0%, 29.0%, and 27.6%, and these gains are computed from the prices of my first purchases, which could have been a bit lower, although I bought them fairly early in the first trading day (4/8) following his report. Actually, I traded the stocks and did appreciably better than the above percentages.
Review by Peter, May 1, 2009
I’m a new subscriber and have only looked at this year’s picks, so take my writeup for what it’s worth. This year’s picks have performed very well, and the three companies he recommended early April are up by 34% to 54%, not bad. I like the fact that the author is a geologist with a focus on commodity industries rather than a jack of all trades and he seems to know his stuff well. The rationales for his recommendations are above average for the newsletter industry but that’s not saying much. Maybe he could balance the upside with a description of the risks. At 50 dollars a year it’s a steal and well worth it if you want to dedicate a portion of your portfolio to commodities. I also find it educational and pleasant to read.
Review by BD, June 10, 2009
Mine is a different take on S&A Oil Report. I took it for the reason in it’s name, oil stocks. Other writers have characterized it more as a commodity reporter at this time. That may be in the short run, but I’ve subscribed for quite some time and can tell you the commodity angle is related to oil trades as oil is itself a commodity and the non-oil recommendations are there mostly because after oil tanked there weren’t good trades so Biandi didn’t put his subscribers in them. I don’t mind. Recently as oil has swung up he’s been back on the oil trades, but the commodities are complimentary to the industry so those are in, too. The report provides thorough discussion. The strength of the publication is that it gives you options in an area you wouldn’t otherwise easily research. The trades themselves are probably just good information with no guarantee of appreciation.
Review by KPR, June 10, 2009
I have subscribed for about 1 year and spent the first 6 months reading and watching Matts recommendations. I now take action as soon as I receive the newsletter and my last 3 plays have all been solid winners.
Review by NYCguy, June 14, 2009
I have subscribed to his newsletter for about two years. His energy and gold/silver picks were mediocre at first, but lately he has been hitting some home-runs with a small cap oil producer and a small cap gold miner. I made several thousand dollars just on his small cap gold pick. I’d say for the modest price of his newsletter, a several thousand dollar profit on one pick is pretty good. Unfortunately I didn’t buy his small cap oil stock, or I’d be up 10’s of thousands on those two recent picks alone. If he keeps this up, I’m sure S&A will raise the subscription price. Either that, or they’ll start a second premium newsletter edited by him, put his good picks in there, and charge top dollar for it. If they do the latter, I’ll cancel.
Review by Confused, June 30, 2009
This report isn’t worth the money. Over 3 years ther are more losses than profits. Profits are only possible if you avoid the losers.
My impression is that Matt is more engaged in other activities than writing his newsletter.
I canceled my subscription prematurely and this was simply ignored. And when the subscription end arrived, I was bombarded with Emails to renew.
Not in this life.
Review by Robert B., July 10, 2009
I have subscribed since July, 2007. I have made seven trades recommended, both Calls and Common Stocks: LOWES CORP
ALLIS-CHALMERS
VALERO ENERGY
ATP OIL & GAS
ROYAL GOLD
Lost money in six and made profit in only one.
Total loss so far = $16,083.
I ignore their recommendations now.
I get the service as part of a larger package. Would not subscribe to it by itself.
Review by JT, August 31, 2009
If you’re interested in investing in Oil, Gold, Silver and other commodities, this newsletter is one of the better ones. His rational for recommendations is well thought out, makes sense and has overall been quite profitable. I also like Gold Newsletter and Real Wealth newsletter.
Review by CK, September 30, 2009
I have subscribed to multiple publications. I look for picks and then compare them to other services such as Yahoo Finance, Vectorvest, etc. I get a little nervous about penny stock recommendations. Sometimes the hype over a stock is absurd, but overall the newsletter provides a good starting point and background for some picks
Review by Jim, September 30, 2009
I subscribed to what was then the S&A Oil Report. I found Matt’s analysis to be very insightful and interesting. He has provided recommendations on oil companies (integrated, services, exploration, etc.), metals, commodities. He supplies rough targets and also stops, and does follow-ups. I always do more research on his ideas before I buy. (As I do with anyone’s recommendations.)I have bought about 8 or 9
of his recommendations and only lost on two (which I think is good considering the interval includes the collapse of 08). The service is an absolute bargain at $79/yr for a renewal. It has the most value to me (along with one other)of any of the nine investment advisory services that I subscribe to.
Review by Charles R, September 30, 2009
I have been subcribing to the S&A resource report for several years. The report was orginally the Oil report and I liked the narrower focus, but the oil industry has been a less attractive investment area the last year so he has shifted to a broader commodity focus. I have made quite a bit of money using this newsletter, has he hyped some dogs, of course, but he has picked quite a few winners with 30% to 50% returns. Transocean rig was a winner, as was Petrobras. I am surprised anyone lost money on his newsletter last year, the gains in his oil and oil service stocks were extraordinary, and he always stongly advocates using trailing stops. Some of his refinery picks have been dogs, but I am am up over 30% this year on his silver picks(silver wheaton is up 56%). Use his newsletter as a jumping off point for your own research, and stick with his more mainstream picks. I worked in the oil industry, and his newsletter is worth the small price that you pay, now as far as the rest of Stansberry I get tired of the hype.
Review by HFJ, October 22, 2009
I recently subscribed to this newsletter; so it’s too early to evaluate mid- or long-term performances of the current Portfolio.
This cheap newsletter is offering clear advices on several “commodity” stocks (from penny stocks to high-cap stocks). An enjoyable reading as complement of others financial newsletters.
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